HoustonChronicle.com - U.S. pilot is fined $12,750 in Brazil

"An American Airlines pilot was fined nearly $13,000 Wednesday on accusations that he made an obscene gesture when being photographed at the airport as part of entry requirements for U.S. citizens, officials said.

Brazil imposed the new rules that Americans be fingerprinted and photographed at entry points in response to the similar rules in the United States for citizens of Brazil and other countries whose citizens need visas to enter.

The pilot, Dale Robin Hersh, lifted his middle finger while undergoing the new security process at Sao Paulo's Guarulhos International Airport. "

I understand how this airline pilot feels. Does anyone understand that this applies equally well, perhaps even more so, to the treatment received by non-US citizens visiting the US?